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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Paradoxical: Right to Left ... Venous System/Right Heart ... - Most Common Cause ... Minor: • < 25% stenosis ... #criteria #cardiology
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
identify at slower heart ... tricuspid/pulmonic stenosis ... “cannon waves” caused ... tracings obtained for LEFT ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
heart disease ... atrial myxoma)/ ... ball valve thrombus ... #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
- Rheumatic heart ... associated mitral stenosis ... annular plane into left ... atrium. ... #Cardiology